diff -r d0570cba3749 Lib/test/test_tk.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tk.py	Sat Jul 26 19:40:16 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tk.py	Wed Aug 06 12:09:11 2014 -0700
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@
 # Skip test if tk cannot be initialized.
 support.requires('gui')
 
+import tkinter
 from tkinter.test import runtktests
 
 def test_main():
+    tkinter.wantobjects = 0
+    support.run_unittest(
+            *runtktests.get_tests(text=False, packages=['test_tkinter']))
+    tkinter.wantobjects = 1
     support.run_unittest(
             *runtktests.get_tests(text=False, packages=['test_tkinter']))
 
diff -r d0570cba3749 Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py	Sat Jul 26 19:40:16 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py	Wed Aug 06 12:09:11 2014 -0700
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # Skip test if tk cannot be initialized.
 support.requires('gui')
 
+import tkinter
 from _tkinter import TclError
 from tkinter import ttk
 from tkinter.test import runtktests
@@ -24,10 +25,15 @@
 
 def test_main():
     try:
+        tkinter.wantobjects = 1
+        support.run_unittest(
+                *runtktests.get_tests(text=False, packages=['test_ttk']))
+        tkinter.wantobjects = 0
         support.run_unittest(
                 *runtktests.get_tests(text=False, packages=['test_ttk']))
     finally:
         get_tk_root().destroy()
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff -r d0570cba3749 Lib/test/test_ttk_textonly.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ttk_textonly.py	Sat Jul 26 19:40:16 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk_textonly.py	Wed Aug 06 12:09:11 2014 -0700
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 # Make sure tkinter._fix runs to set up the environment
 support.import_fresh_module('tkinter')
 
+import tkinter
 from tkinter.test import runtktests
 
 def test_main():
+    tkinter.wantobjects = 0
+    support.run_unittest(
+            *runtktests.get_tests(gui=False, packages=['test_ttk']))
+    tkinter.wantobjects = 1
     support.run_unittest(
             *runtktests.get_tests(gui=False, packages=['test_ttk']))